Hotels & Short-term Rentals

“Art” hotels abound these days, with rooms decorated by artists, rooms named after artists, etc., but the new Drawing Hotel in Paris’s first arrondissement takes the idea a step further. Drawing – long neglected as the poor cousin of painting, … Read More

Paris Update Flash News NEW THEME HOTELS Two reasonably priced new boutique hotels have opened in Paris’s ninth arrondissement. R. Kipling (above) pays homage to the English novelist who was an apologist for the British Empire, and has an appropriately … Read More

The trend in Parisian luxury hotels these days seems to be to go to great lengths to achieve neutrality so as not to risk offending anyone’s tastes. Colors are neutral beiges, browns and grays, with the emphasis on rich materials … Read More

HOTEL FIT FOR A KING Choquant! Commoners will soon be sleeping in an annex of the Château de Versailles, when the Hôtel du Grand Contrôle, built in the late 17th century for the Duc de Beauvillier and designed by Jules … Read More

As befits its name, former function and setting in Paris’s historic banking district near the Opéra Garnier, the recently opened Banke Hotel has all the grandeur and opulence that financial institutions used to have before small branch offices (not known … Read More

Concept and interiors by Philippe Starck. Photos: Francis Amiand Why did I decide to pay a return visit to Mama Shelter? Because the mismatch between the high-design hotel and its location in a little-known area of Paris had captured my … Read More

A corner of the lobby in this new Paris boutique hotel. Photo: Gilles Trillard To the regret of some nostalgic types, many of Paris’s fusty old low-star hotels in odd locations are being transformed into little havens of design in … Read More